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Introducing The Card Player Poker Tour

Card Player is proud to announce the first stop of the Card Player Poker Tour at Choctaw Casino Resort in late July. The CPPT will feature live streaming coverage of all final tables and is led by experienced tournament director Ken Lambert, Jr. “All of our casino partners will benefit from us sharing our success […]

Kurganov Beats Negreanu In EPT €25K High Roller

After a grueling and swing-filled heads-up battle Igor Kurganov has won the 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final €25,000 high roller title, defeating Daniel Negreanu heads-up for the win, the €1,080,000 ($1,428,300) first-place prize and 924 Card Player Player of the Year points. Heads-up play continued for more than two and […]

O'Sheas Closes, Makes Way For New Casino Project

At noon on Monday, after urging their patrons to “drink them dry,” O’Sheas Casino officially closed to the public. The property, which is located in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip across from Caesars Palace, is being closed to make way for a brand new $500 million entertainment district, complete with casual dining and […]

WSOP Asia-Pacific To Award Five Gold Bracelets

The World Series of Poker and Australia’s Crown Melbourne announced a multi-year agreement to bring the WSOP to Melbourne for the first time in April 4th – 15th, 2013. The series is set to award five WSOP gold bracelet events. “Our goal is to establish the worldwide grand slam of poker and use our platform […]

Paddy Power Poker Launches Irish Winter Festival 2012

PaddyPowerPoker.com is now launching its Irish Winter Festival 2012 which has an exciting twist this year, and the first online super satellite will give away two IWF packages worth €1,800 each this Sunday, May 6. The festival, which features the €1,000 + €125 buy-in main event, is set to play out between Oct. 26 and […]

Battle Darts World Champions At BetVictor Poker Tonight

BetVictor Poker is hosting a special tournament this Tuesday, May 1 at 8 p.m. (BST), when darts world champions Keith Deller and Adrian Lewis will take to the virtual felt to challenge all-comers in the Darts Champions Bounty. The €5 freezeout will see €100 go to the player who knocks out either former world champion […]

Bonomo Leads €25k Final Table After €100k Event Win

Justin Bonomo is on an incredible run at the 2012 PokerStars and Monte Carlo® Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final. He will enter the final table of the €25,000 no-limit hold’em high roller event as a strong chip leader less than a week after winning €1.64 million for topping the €100,000 super high roller event, […]

Mohsin Charania Wins EPT Grand Final Main Event

Mohsin Charania won the 2012 €10,000 buy-in PokerStars and Monte Carlo Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final main event, topping a massive 665-player field to earn a first-place prize of €1.35 million ($1,785,780). This was Charania’s 13th career title, and by far his largest, bringing his lifetime earnings to nearly $4.8 million. In addition to […]

Remembering 'Amarillo Slim' Preston (1928-2012)

Poker legend “Amarillo Slim” Preston died Sunday morning at the age of 83. Born Thomas Austin Preston Jr. on Dec. 31, 1928 in Johnson, Arkansas, “Amarillo Slim” became one of poker’s most well known personalities and a great hype man for the Texas road gamblers and the early World Series of Poker. Preston, always unmistakably […]

Betsson Poker Grows 34 Percent in Q1

Betsson, the publicly quoted Nordic online betting company, has seen poker profit grow 34 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2012 to SEK27.5 million (€3.09 million). The last time poker saw this level of profit was the third quarter of 2009. It was also 11 percent higher than the SEK24.8 million recorded in the […]

EPT Grand Final Season 8 Final Table Set

The final table of the 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final main event has now been set and leading the way is 64-year-old Frenchman Bernard Guigon with just under 5 million in chips. Looking to leap ahead of Guigon however is Rodrigo Caprioli with just under 3 million. “caprioli” is a […]

GUKPT Numbers Continue To Plummet

Albert Sapiano has won the first six-max main event at the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour. It’s the pensioner’s second victory this month after he emerged triumphant at the Genting Poker Series London. The £500+ £50 buy in event attracted just 67 players to Thanet – the lowest number of players ever to take part in […]

World Series of Poker Rebuy Satellite This Monday

PaddyPowerPoker.com offers players a chance to win a WSOP Experience package worth $3,700 tonight, Monday April 30 at 8:30 p.m.. The event is a $50 + 5 no-limit hold’em rebuy/add on satellite and the package includes the $1,000 buy in to WSOP event 59, six nights accommodation at the Wynn Hotel and $1,380 for flights […]

A Look At The Week In Tournament Poker

In this Card Player weekly feature we look to provide our readers with a guide to some of the biggest poker events taking place in their area for the upcoming week. Check out all the tournament action set to go down in your own backyard from April 30th through May 7th. Head to our Tournament […]

Bart Hanson: Crushing Live Poker With Twitter

January 16th – Pay attention to the distribution of suits on rainbow boards. You can then determine the likelihood of your opponent making a backdoor flush Hand reading is a critical element in becoming a big winning player at no-limit hold’em. One of the most confusing things for a beginner is to recognize the possibility […]

Purple Lounge Closes Poker Room

PurpleLounge.com, the online poker and casino website, has been pulled offline by its parent company Media Corp. The short-notice move by the company happened when it became, “…clear that the Purple Lounge is trading materially behind the same period of the previous financial year which will result in increased losses for the division and, as […]

Poker Hand Of The Week: What's Your Play?

Give us your opinion in the comments section below for your chance at winning a six-month Card Player magazine digital subscription. Ask any group of poker players how you played your hand and they’ll come up with dozens of different opinions. That’s just the nature of the game. Each week, Card Player will select a […]

VIP Shop Treasure Hunt at Paddy Power Poker

The new paddypowerpoker.com VIP shop has a few surprises in store for eagle-eyed poker players. There are currently 10 fake items in the store and the challenge of Paddy’s Treasure Hunt is to find them. Players who find all 10 will unlock great prizes including an iPad 3, 10 tokens to a $200,000 guaranteed tournament […]

Face Up Entertainment Group Produces Four Winners

In the first tournament since the launch from the latest entrant, Face Up Entertainment Group produces four winners. In its first tournament since going live on April 1, 2012, the Company hosted a tournament on April 8th. The four lucky winners and their guest will be on board the beautiful “Oasis of the Seas” ship […]

Maryland May Hold Special Session For Table Games

Over two weeks after the Maryland General Assembly failed to agree on a proposal to expand gambling in Prince George County to include table games, including poker, Gov. Martin O’Malley has met with two Democratic leaders to discuss the possibility of holding two special sessions to fix the unresolved issues. O’Malley was more concerned with […]

A Look At News From Around The Web

Here’s a look at the headlines for this week in the gaming business world. Casino Reps Defend Finances To Ohio Regulators Dan Gilbert, majority owner of both the Cleveland Cavaliers and a joint venture between his company Rock Ohio and Caesars, spent some time last week being questioned by gaming regulators about the Horseshoe Casino […]

Victoria Coren Wins EPT Grand Final Heads Up

The €5,000 buy-in heads-up event at the European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monaco was won by EPT main event title-holder, Vicky Coren after she beat her last opponent, Melanie Weisner. The two were what remained from an original field of 27 and after Coren won her match with Dori Yacoub and Weisner won hers […]

Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Thanet Main Event Starts

The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour has rolled into Thanet, England for its fourth leg main event which is a €500 + €50 no-limit hold’em six max event. Players will start with 20,000 chips and a one hour clock. The three day event gets underway at the G Casino, Broadstairs at 2 p.m. with re-entry allowed […]

EPT Grand Final Prize Pool Set, €1.5 Million To Winner

The official prizepool info and number of entrants is in from the 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final main event. Day 1a saw 271 players post the €10,000 buy-in, with day 1b attracting 394 entrants. The grand total of 665 players built a €6,650,000 prize pool, which will be split amongst the 96 […]

Andrew Brokos: Aiming For Value

Learning to build larger pots and get more value when you have the best hand is the most reliable way to improve your results at the poker table. Though not without its risks, it’s a lot more reliable than bluffing or bluff-catching more aggressively. Best of all, maximizing value is an area where, in my […]

FTP Subsidiary Withdraws Licence Application

Amid rumors surrounding PokerStars and the purchase of Full Tilt Poker comes a media release from the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) stating that Orinic, a Full Tilt Poker/Pocket Kings related company, has withdrawn its application for a Category 2 eGambling licence. Only a week or so ago, there was much talk and curiosity about […]

Dutch Pro Wins World Poker Tour National Series Marbella

Dutchman Patrick de Koster has won the World Poker Tour National Series Marbella €1500 + €150 re-entry main event for the biggest live cash of his career, €150,000. The 27-year-old topped a record-breaking field of 377, the largest field yet witnessed at a WPT National Series event. Hopes were high for a local hero with […]

CarbonPoker Last Man Standing Promotion

Do you have what it takes to be the Last Man Standing? Over the next 60 days at CarbonPoker, they’re going to test your poker endurance and offer up over $35,000 in cash prizes. Starting May 1, 2012, CarbonPoker is going to track the VIP Points you earn as you grind your way through this […]

Pala Casino Releases May Poker Schedule

Southern California poker players can win a lot of cash in May at Pala Casino Spa & Resort when the Poker Room celebrates its third anniversary Saturday-Sunday, May 19-20, then hosts the five-day Pala Memorial Day Weekend River Card Classic, Thursday-Monday, May 24-28. The Daily Chase for the Dough promotion will allow players to share […]

Justin Bonomo Wins EPT Grand Final High Roller

Justin Bonomo has won the PokerStars European Poker Tour Grand Final €100,000 Super High Roller event, earning €1,640,000 ($2,167,588) and 600 Card Player Player of the Year points, moving him into 158th place in the overall standings. With this massive win, Bonomo’s tournament earnings now surpass $5.2 million. Bonomo entered the final table of eight […]